With 232 pages and an expanded 12″ by 12″ format, our biggest print issue yet celebrates the people, places, music, and art of our hometown, including cover features on David Lynch, Nipsey Hussle, Syd, and Phoebe Bridgers’ Saddest Factory Records, plus Brian Wilson, Cuco, Ty Segall, Lord Huron, Remi Wolf, The Doors, the art of RISK, Taz, Estevan Oriol, Kii Arens, and Edward Colver, and so much more.




Photo by Michael Muller. Image design by Gene Bresler at Catch Light Digital. Cobver design by Jerome Curchod.
Phoebe Bridgers makeup: Jenna Nelson (using Smashbox Cosmetics)
Phoebe Bridgers hair: Lauren Palmer-Smith
MUNA hair/makeup: Caitlin Wronski
The Los Angeles Issue

The Black Keys, No Rain, No Flowers
The blues-rock duo sifts through wreckage in search of meaning and growth on their 13th album only to come up with answers that are every bit as pat and saccharine as the title suggests.

JID, God Does Like Ugly
After 15 years of writing and developing verses, the Dreamville rapper has become a master of the form on his fourth album as he finds resolution and comes to recognize his purpose.

Cory Hanson, I Love People
The Wand frontman’s fourth solo outing confronts American grift culture with hope and a communal spirit, as his backing players seem to prevent him from turning inward and catastrophizing.
FLOOD Staff

Beginning September 12, the two bands are taking over FLOOD FM for a series of “Hacked” episodes in partnership with Primavera Sound LA.

The LA-based songwriter’s EP State Lines dropped last month.

Beginning September 5, the Houston-based trio takes over FLOOD FM for the second installment in a series of “Hacked” episodes in partnership with Primavera Sound LA.

The track appears on the musician’s latest solo LP Woven Together, which arrived earlier this month.

Shots of Le Tigre, IDLES, Caroline Polachek, Sparks, Earl Sweatshirt, Turnstile, and more from Pasadena, CA.

Gibbard shares stories and handpicked tunes ahead of his band’s 10th studio album Asphalt Meadows arriving in September.

Flume
Every Saturday leading up to the event on the weekend of September 24, we’ll be exclusively playing tracks by artists performing at the festival.

The LA-based artist and producer performs the track from his new EP IT’S OKAY, WE’RE DREAMING II: don’t worry, i’ll be fine.

The LA-based band takes over FLOOD FM for the first in a series of Hacked episodes in partnership with Primavera Sound LA.

Celebrate the Clash frontman’s birthday on August 21 with his favorite songs curated by his widow Lucinda Tait with input from friends, family, and bandmates.

The Inland Empire rapper dropped his sophomore EP Energy at the beginning of the summer via Secretly Canadian.

The synthwave duo will be taking over FLOOD FM all week beginning August 15 with hand-picked songs and stories.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Today’s show also includes new music from Dodie, Alvvays, and Surf Curse.

Green Day
Shots of Wet Leg, Pussy Riot, Sampa the Great, Local Natives, The Marías, and more from Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.

Scenes from Grant Park in Chicago over the weekend.

Plus, shots of Green Day’s festival headlining set from Skydeck Chicago at Willis Tower.

The psych-rock group performs two tracks from their new LP Hour of Green Evening outside of LA.

Behind-the-scenes shots of artists from the Chicago music fest over the weekend.

Jackson Phillips plays two track from his recent LP Pastlife ahead of his upcoming tour with Two Door Cinema Club.

From Kendrick Lamar to Tom Petty, the band’s multi-instrumentalist dives into the 10 records that best define his hometown.